Disciplines and Occupations

Acute Care Surgery

Surgical specialty generally encompassing emergency general surgery, surgical critical care and trauma care. Acute care surgery is a component of general surgery related to care of patients with acute, life-threatening or potentially life-threatening surgical conditions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Surgical specialty generally encompassing emergency general surgery, surgical critical care and trauma care. Acute care surgery is a component of general surgery related to care of patients with acute, life-threatening or potentially life-threatening surgical conditions.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Emergency General Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care
  • Acute Care Surgeries
  • Critical Care, Surgical
  • Emergency General Surgeries
  • General Surgery, Emergency
  • Surgery, Acute Care
  • Surgical Critical Cares
  • Surgical Trauma Care
  • Trauma Surgery
  • Surgical Trauma Cares
  • Trauma Care, Surgical
  • Trauma Surgeries

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2024

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  1. H02w.403w.810.104

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NLM Classification

WO 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Acute Care Surgery. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000096725. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000096725
  2. Acute Care Surgery. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124285243